I've been reading a lot about emotional responses lately, and the following points seem to surface in different writings:

>  "[Amygdala][1] is a very ancient system, intended to quickly alert a
> person of danger".

At the same time, we have a part of our consciousness, where thoughts of danger, lack or negativity towards others may arise. I've seen spiritual/personal development writers attribute these thoughts to the [function of the ego][2]. I'm not sure if they are using the term correctly, as they have a mostly negative perception of the ego, as something that strives to dominate cognition and act out of fearful/selfish desires.  Here's a description from wikipedia:

> The ego is the organized part of the personality structure that
> includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive
> functions.

I'm trying to understand - **Is person's ego a projection of the responses of their amygdala onto the conscious experience?**

I've looked around and see [some bloggers like this one make a claim that the amygdala and the ego are one and the same][3]. Is this true?


To clarify my question - I'm seeking to understand if there's a structure/process in cognition that integrates input from various "lower mammal brain" structures and translates them into thoughts?




  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala
  [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_super-ego#Ego
  [3]: http://www.yaoconsulting.com/leggo-of-my-ego-moving-beyond-your-emotional-triggers-part-3-of-a-3-part-series/